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Overview

Committee members

Overview

ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) is designed to benefit the younger generation of capital market professionals in ICMA’s membership, connecting them with the services and networking opportunities which can enhance their skills and careers.

It is led by a steering committee that provides the Association with guidance and input on how best to communicate with the younger generation working in the debt capital markets, organising events and other initiatives to cultivate this community.

IFL is here not only to bridge the gap - to help young professionals to navigate and find their way in the complex world of capital markets - but also to make a positive impact on careers through its various initiatives.

IFL focuses on four core areas and getting involved starts with you!

Networking

Networking face to face events in the respective regions

Training

Support and guide young professionals towards Education & Training

Mentoring

ICMA Mentoring Platform

Coffee Connection sessions - Connecting future leaders with senior members of the ICMA community

Brainstorming

ICMA Podcasts

For more information on how you can access and get involved, follow the ICMA Future Leaders LinkedIn page, and sign up to our newsletter to stay informed.

Click here to view ICMA's latest IFL Newsletter (ICMA members only).

You may also contact futureleaders@icmagroup.org or your regional representatives from the Committee members tab.

Committee members

ICMA Future Leaders is led by a steering committee composed of individuals drawn from ICMA member firms from Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. Members of this committee are as follows:

Africa (Southern)
Rhulane Mahane Trade Control Specialist Liberty Group	Prudence Zitha Fintech Analyst South African Reserve Bank
Africa (Western)
Odinaka Linus-Nwokonkwo Lead, Sub-Saharan African Market Trader Access Bank Plc	Enock Asare Head, Fixed Income Trading Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited	Chukwuebuka Ikem FX/Fixed Income Trader Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria
Asia Pacific
Ezien Hoo Executive Director, Credit Research Analyst Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd	Jonathan Lim Vice President, Legal – Global Financial Markets DBS Bank Ltd
Austria
Alexander Schierlinger Treasury Manager OekB	Katsiaryna Souvandjiev Sustainable Finance and Funding Development, Topic Lead Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Belgium
Alessandro Gabellone Junior Fixed Income Analyst – CIO Office Degroof Petercam	Sébastien Van Campenhoudt Head of Chairman Office Euroclear
France
Ronan Lamy Funding Officer Agence Française de Développement	Fatine Machmoum Risk Analyst LCH SA
Germany
Maximilian Klinkenbusch Vice President - Group Treasury, Asset Liability Management, Liquidity & Funding Commerzbank	Samira Lampe Head of Primary Markets (DCM Origination / Syndicate) NORD/LB	Oliver Pilz Covered Bond Trading Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Iberia
Mercedes Badía Ortega Treasury Markets Operator, Interest Rates and Sovereign Risk Cecabank Chair of IFL committee	Victoria Casilda Lastanao Roy Fixed Income Institutional Sales Analyst Banco Santander, S.A.
Italy
Viviana Massari Global Syndicate & Capital Markets - Bond Syndicate Unicredit	Marta Molteni Debt Capital Market Analyst Banca Akros	Leonardo Vagaggini Head of Capital Markets Enel Spa
Ireland
Neal BreslinOf Counsel A&L Goodbody
Luxembourg
Elina Asimakopoulou Senior Cross Asset Dealer Société Générale	Arnaud Spironelli Fixed Income Sales Global Markets Bank of China
Netherlands
Stije Mars Treasury Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V	Piotr Pasterny Vice President, Trading ING Bank NV
Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Ingo Stössel Director, UBS Global Wealth Management UBS	Arnaud Vanolli Senior Economist Swiss Re
UK
Csongor Mathe Product and ESG Lead TreasurySpring Vice-chair of IFL committee	Celia Price Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions Mizuho	Petra Tang Managing Associate Equity & Debt Markets, Linklaters

In order to facilitate the communication within this community, ICMA members have nominated their main representative for ICMA Future Leaders:

Company	Future Leaders contact
A&L Goodbody, Ireland	Neal Breslin
Access Bank Plc, West Africa	Odinaka Linus-Nwokonkwo
Addleshaw Goddard LLP, France	Charles Tissier
Africa Finance Corporation, Nigeria	Catherine Okwara
Agence Française de Développement	Ronan Lamy
Aktiebolaget Svensk Exportkredit (publ), Sweden	Tobias Bylund
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, United Kingdom	Louise Mitchell
Arthur Cox	Gavin McArdle
Ashurst LLP, United Kingdom	Khadija Patel
AXA Investment Managers GS Limited.	Benjamin Mahe
Baker & McKenzie LLP, United Kingdom	Maxim Khrapov
Banca Akros, Italy	Marta Molteni
Banca Zarattini & Co. SA, Switzerland	Robin Buechler
Banco BPI, S.A., Portugal	Sofia Pereira Santos
Banco de Sabadell SA, Spain	Belén Moreno
Banco Santander, Spain	Victoria Casilda Lastanao Roy
Bank Degroof Petercam SA/NV, Brussels	Alessandro Gabellone
Bank of China, Luxembourg	Arnaud Spironelli
Banque Centrale de Compensation, France	Konstantina Travlou
Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg	Jorge Barros
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL)	Jean-François Thielens
Belfius Bank & Insurance, Belgium	Myriam Idrissi
BGC Brokers L.P., United Kingdom	Jessica McCullagh
BNP Paribas Asset Management, France	Patrick Simion
Bonelli Erede Lombardi Pappalardo LLP, United Kingdom	Francesca Alesse
BRD Groupe Societe Generale SA, Romania	Bogdan Voicu
BrokerTec Europe Limited, United Kingdom	James Gordon
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, United Kingdom	Jonathan Stevens
CaixaBank, S.A., Spain	Natalia García González
Cecabank, Spain	Mercedes Badía Ortega
Clifford Chance, United Kingdom	Thomas Capon
CMS Legal Services EEIG, United Kingdom	Anubha Shrivastava
Commerzbank AG, Germany	Maximilian Klinkenbusch
Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited, West Africa	Enock Asare
DBS Bank Ltd	Jonathan Lim
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, United Kingdom	Ed Varney
Enel SpA, Italy	Leonardo Vagaggini
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Belgium	Sébastien Van Campenhoudt
Eurofima European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock, Switzerand	Nofal Shehzad
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), United Kingdom	Ayris Acikalin
European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Luxembourg	Chao Wu
Fitch Ratings Ltd., United Kingdom	Elle McMahon
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, United Kingdom	Magdalen Olonilua
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, United Kingdom	Sophie Daker
ING Bank N.V., The Netherlands	Piotr Pasterny
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy	Marco Antonio Palacios
The International Stock Exchange	Alex Taylor
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Italy	Liborio Masciandaro
Investec Bank plc, United Kingdom	Nikolaos Kafkas
Inveztor Ltd., United Kingdom	Isabella Hill
King & Wood Mallesons, Australia	Angela Chung Claire Warren
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Germany	Oliver Pilz
LCH Limited, United Kingdom	Shivangi Karia
LCH SA	Fatine Machmoum
Liberty Group Limited, South Africa	Rhulane Mahane
Linklaters, United Kingdom	Petra Tang
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Luxembourg	Camilo Realpe
Macfarlanes LLP, United Kingdom	Faizer Coker
Macquarie Bank Limited	Elliott Guest
Mayer Brown International LLP, United Kingdom	Serena Mussoni
mBank S.A., Poland	Ewa Krzyśków
Milbank LLP, United Kingdom	James Warbey
Mizuho International plc, United Kingdom	Celia Price
Moody's Investors Service Limited, United Kingdom	Nicole Bortfeld
Moody's Ratings, Germany	Thanushan Jayakumar
Morgan Stanley, United Kingdom	Ross Mansell
Morrison & Foerster LLP, United Kingdom	Amelia Cheng
MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V., The Netherlands and United Kingdom	Ruth Ferris
Municipality Finance Plc, Finland	Karoliina Kajova
Nasdaq Stockholm AB, Sweden	Axel Holm
National Bank of Canada, Canada	Yicen Lu
Natixis Investment Managers, France	Grégoire Denoy
NatWest Markets plc, Germany	Dominic Riethmueller
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V., The Netherlands	Stije Mars
NORD/LB, Germany	Samira Lampe
NowCM, Luxembourg S.A.	Florian Waizenegger
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Austria	Alexander Schierlinger
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore	Ezien Hoo
Pérez-Llorca Abogados SLP	Santiago Bertola
Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria	Katsiaryna Souvandjiev
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (trading as Rabobank)	Jule Ulrych
Rand Merchant Bank, West Africa	Chukwuebuka Ikem
RBC Europe Limited, United Kingdom	Ella Benson
Rothesay Life Plc, United Kingdom	Ipek Akay
Scotiabank, Perú	Renzo Daniel Crisologo Alvarez
Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore	Melissa Huang
SIX Swiss Exchange AG, Switzerland	Jan Zürcher
Slaughter and May, United Kingdom	Adriana Simpson
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, United Kingdom	Luke Shepherdson
Société Générale, Luxembourg	Elina Asimakopoulou
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa	Prudence Zitha
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Switzerland	Arnaud Vanolli
Tradeweb Europe Limited, United Kingdom	Tom Butler
TreasurySpring Management (Jersey) Limited, United Kingdom	Csongor Mathe
UBS, Switzerland	Ingo Stössel
Unicredit CIB, Italy	Viviana Massari
UK Debt Management Office, United Kingdom	Mohamed Ben Tahayekt
Virgin Money, United Kingdom	Thomas Mather
Wiener Börse AG, Austria	Héctor Mohedano
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP, United Kingdom	David Griffiths

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